The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-04-05
THE HOLY GHOST.
Considered Last Night by Bishop
w. +. Mailalieu, of New
Orleans.

embraced r, representatives. of other de-
nominations as well as the followers
of John Wesley. The announcement
that Bishop Willard +. Mallalieu,
who is in Sedalia presiding over the
deliberations Of the Central Missouri
conference, would preach, was the
magnet i is not necessary to
say that the discourse, which
was plain and practical,
and full of. religious feeling all
through was listened to with the
closest attention by every person
present.
The services were opened at half
past seven o'clock by the choir, COM
posed of Misses Marie A. Jones, leader,
Annie Lyons, Matte Kennedy, Ellie
Sharp and aud Emma Sharp, organ
list; Messrs. Theo. Slack, Charles Van.
Antwerp, Prof. Smith Masters Ward
Brown, George Trader and Harry
Sicher, rendering the anthem, Hear
Us, On Father" This was followed
by that good old common meter
hymn of Charles Wesley's, "Oh! for
a Thousand Tongues TO Sing" at the
conclusion of which prayer
was offered by Rev. DR..
w. p. Stowe, OF Chicago. The new
pastor of the church, Rev. Alfred
Jump, then made a number of an
nOuncements, after which the choir
sang the hymn, "When Peace Like a
River" The usual collection was
taken up, during this proceeding Miss
Jones. leader of the choir, giving the
solo, Jerusalem, the Golden"
The bishop was Introduced and an
nOunced his text to be part of the
second verse of the nineteenth chapter
of Acts, Have We received the Holy
Ghost since We believed ?" This ques-
ton was asked by Paul, on his
first visit to the great
city of Ephesus, OF a company
of Ephesians. Their answer was that
they had not so much as heard
whether there was a Holy Ghost; that
is, the speaker explained, so far as
they were concerned, they had felt no
special manifestation of the Holy
Ghost.
There were three thoughts sugges-
ted by the text. One was ''Have we
a right to expect to receive the Holy
Ghost ," In answer, he would say,
We had. If God expects something
of us in winning souls to the cross, He
will see that we shall receive all nee
essary aid and encouragement. He
elaborated on the promises of the
Holy One to his children,
and illustrated his points by
facts from the world about US. In
this connection, he thought the 14th,
10Th, 10th and 18th chapters of John
were the most precious chapters In
the bible. They were especially rich
in the promises of Christ. He would |
ask his hearers to read them carefully, |
frequently and hopefully.
The second thought suggested by |
the text was "How may We attain
this gift ?" He would declare to his |
hearers that this was to be accomplish |
ed by obedience to God, and thank
fulness to Him for the manifold |
triumphs of the Christian religion
over the dOmini, n of sin and dark
ness.
The third thought was, What are
the results?" These are purity, |
growth in divine life, consistency and
steadfastness, but above all, strength
to lift humanity out of the depths of
sin. Amy church with the gift of the
Holy Ghost, will have the swing of
conquest and the inspiration of eternal
victories. 1t had been asked what |
was the secret Of the success of the
MethOdists in their work. 1t was
not merely their singing, nor their doc
trine, nor their itinerant ministry. 1t
was spread of scriptural holiness by the
founders of MethOdism and their follow
ers which was back of these.
In closing, the Bishop trusted the
would not delay in start
ing the movement to redeem the great
of Missouri from the
thraldom of Satan. Do not wait for
Kansas City or st. Louis to iDaugu
rate the grand revival; let it commence
right here in Sedalis. He hoped the
Ohio Street Methodist church who'd
buy the first corner lot In Soda
liza, and put thereon a noble edifce for
Gods service. A good location at
any price was cheap; bad location
at any price, wasn't worth cOnsidera-
ton.
The sermon, which lasted an hour,
was concluded by tervent prayer by
the bishop, succeeding which, the
choir gave the spirited rallying song
of the church. Awake Awake the